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54 AFLOAT.com.au November 2016
Crossword 156
compiled by John Gray
Answers to Xword 156 on page 68.
AFLOAT
Athwart
1. Mariners who specialise in preparing ships for
seaworthiness (7)
5. The ‘iron’ or circular hoop fitted to a bowsprit to take the
standing rigging (6)
9. Country in NE Africa. Also name of P & O Passenger liner,
7,940 ton, carrying £1,000,000 of gold, rammed and sunk, by
French boat Seine, 22 miles south-west of Ushant in 1922
(5)
10. The ‘type’ of valve the overside outlet of a vessel’s pumping
system should be fitted with (3,6)
11. Name of the British screw sloop of 342 tons which was used
in the Arctic searching for Sir John Franklin (8)
12. Boards equipped with lines and bridles towed behind
fishing boats to keep open trawl mouths (6)
13. The action when wearing a yacht at the moment the boom
of the mainsail swings across as the wind crosses the stern
(4)
15. Pertaining to the South Pole (ocean) or the areas around it.
One of the classical “seven seas” (9)
18. A large ocean branching algae that breaks free from the
bottom and floats on air bladders. (9)
19. In the Malay language a term for all types of ship from a
sampan to a square-rigged kapal (4)
22. Word used to describe benefits derived from wealth (6)
23. Describing anything capable of operating beneath the
surface of the ocean (8)
26. The act of sending a newly built hull of a vessel into the
waterways (9)
27. The space or apparent surface that displays objects, in a
telescope, or other optical instrument (5)
28. A prefix for a distress call, not as immediate as a mayday
call (3,3)
29. Sailor or crewman who works the sails and rigging aloft in
the yards (7)
Below
1. The running of a line through a block or ring in order to
control a sail (7)
2. A seamount of volcanic origin with a flattened top
(especially in the Pacific Ocean) (5)
3. On which side of an isolated danger mark must a vessel
pass when it is coming out of port ... starboard? or port? (6)
4. Sliding weights on anchor rodes, to increase their catenary,
making the rodes more shock absorbent (9)
5. Term for a black conical shape, used for weather warnings
at land stations (4)
6. Lens opening through which light can enter a telescope (8)
7. Name for a waterproof oilskin worn during bad stormy
weather (9)
8. A special area inside the mantle of an octopus which holds
a black fluid, used as a smoke screen when threatened (3,3)
14. A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand
up to 8 foot long (9)
16. The rope stretched taut on a sailing ship to prevent tack or
brace from fouling, as on boat davits (9)
17. A toque – or a tightly fitting wool cap commonly worn by
seamen when on duty (5-3)
18. Operates a pair of oars in order to propel a dinghy (6)
20. To leave with the ship’s crew taking to the boats and life
rafts (7)
21. Marijuana cigarette is also a Maritime term for a shipboard
refrigerator (6)
24. Vapour into which water is converted when heated to the
boiling point (5)
25. Celebrated British admiral of the fleet pursued German
battleship Bismarck, and the invasion of Normandy (4)
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